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Rommel's North Africa Campaign: September 1940-november 1942 (Great Campaigns)

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This is the most information packed book I have ever seen on the desert war (and its from an IT perspective which makes it even more valuable). Its just a 272 page paperback but its full of pictures and maps and facts..facts..facts. It has pictures of many rare Italian equipments and covers the general trend of gun and tank development in the desert and its just packed with details like atrocities and friendly fire incidents in the desert. Also covers battle actions with OOB and action reports. Also of note is the bibliography which gives a one sentence synopsis of about 40 other desert war publications! I wish these authors would put out a large format book with high quality pictures like this! I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the North Africa theatre from 7/40 to 11/42.

The Italians, as one of the most-mocked military forces of the Second World War, rarely get the depth of treatment that their erstwhile German allies receive. This book focuses on discussing the war in North Africa from the Italian perspective, using Italian sources liberally throughout. Greene and Massignani give a good impression of the state of mind of the Italian soldiery in North Africa. Recommended.